Prehistory Vocabulary

What is a Hominid?

• The scientific name for modern humans

• An early ancestor of humans that is believed to have originated in Africa

What was the Paleolithic Age?

• Middle Stone Age

• Old Stone Age

• New Stone Age

What was the Neolithic Age?

• New Stone Age

• Middle Stone Age

• Old Stone Age

What was the Mesolithic Age?

• New Stone Age

• Middle Stone Age

• Old Stone Age

What does the term "Nomads" mean?

• A group of people who settled down and started farming

• A group of people or tribe that has no permanent home, but moves from place to place

• The scientific name for early humans

What was the agricultural revolution?

• When early humans stopped farming and became nomadic again

• When early humans revolted against their king and created their own societies

• Change in agriculture that happens when there are discoveries, inventions, or new technologies that change production

What is an artifact?

• Fossils

• Plants from the Mesolithic era

• Any object made by a human

What was the ice age?

• The time period where the earth started to thaw and oceans and rivers became unfrozen, trapping early humans on new continents

• Time periods in history where the huge ice glaciers covered the Earth’s Surface and caused great migrations of people, animals and plant life.

• When the climate changed in Africa, causing it to go from being filled with vegetation to becoming a desert, causing early humans to migrate

What is an archeologist?

• A scientist who studies fossils

• Another name for early humans

• A scientist who studies prehistoric people by analyzing artifacts, inscriptions, and monuments

What is a paleontologist?

• A scientist who studies fossils

• Another name for early humans

• A scientist who studies prehistoric people by analyzing artifacts, inscriptions, and monuments